Software defect-removal efficiency

Author

Jones, Capers

Author_Institution

Software Productivity Res. Inc., Burlington, MA, USA

Volume

29

Issue

4

fYear

1996

fDate

4/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

94

Lastpage

95

Abstract

Defect-removal efficiency-the percentage of bugs eliminated by software reviews, inspections and tests-is a powerful software quality metric that should be understood by everyone in the software business. Many top companies have used this metric since the 1960s. In fact, one of the most common attributes of “best in class” companies is that their software managers, programmers and quality assurance staff know their defect-removal efficiency levels. This rather simple metric can lead to some very sophisticated analyses and change “quality” from an ambiguous, amorphous term to a tangible factor

Keywords

inspection; program debugging; software metrics; software quality; best-in-class companies; bug elimination; programmers; quality assurance staff; software defect-removal efficiency; software inspections; software managers; software quality metric; software reviews; software tests; Aggregates; Amorphous materials; Companies; Computer bugs; Inspection; Productivity; Quality assurance; Quality management; Software quality; Software testing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9162

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/2.488361

Filename

488361